Evolution of colour vision in vertebrates

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 541-547

  Bowmaker, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Cone; Evolution; Retina; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REPTILE; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031849293     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.143     Document Type: Article

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